Sperm whale tooth decorated with 'Masonic' symbols and ship.

Collection type: Object
Description: Sperm whale tooth decorated with 'Masonic' symbols and ship.
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland
Cultural groups: European
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Edward Lawson; PRM source Charles Miskin Laing
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1840
Date collected: 1819 - 1840
Acquisition information: Donated: 1936
Materials and processes: Material Whale Tooth Animal, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Scrimshaw Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 64 mm, Length: max 135 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1936.26.30
Research and responses: Janet West of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, has identified Edward Lawson as being active in the South Seas from 1819-1840, rather than 1800-1820 as given in the original accession record (see her letter in RDF/ Collectors/Lawson). [JC 1996 1 30]